Chapter 1620: Conflict (1/2)
In contrast to Hua Ming, Jiang Chen ht in a hostile situation He stood tall with a relaxed expression, lacking the usual nerves or fear that one in trouble would usually possess
His presence was arresting The crowd couldn’t help but think that perhaps he really was someone i Chen carefully He’d spent his life observing custoChen wasn’t dressed particularly opulently and thus didn’t look like a noble scion from the Ten Divine Nations But his temperament, calm attitude, and irresistible presence on the other hand, did indeed resemble those of the aristocrats
The shopkeeper couldn't come to a conclusion just yet
The Northcrown Five andering cultivators and had a fair bit of status in the jianghu But naturally the store couldn’t possibly risk offending an aristocrat of the Ten Divine Nations for so cultivators
Everyone knew the hly, unreasonably protective of their own If he got on a noble house’s bad side, the shop ht not survive the troubles that came after
The Northcrown Five were ht have spent more money here than other custo a relationshi+p with thes
Indecision set in
The hook-nosed cultivator stared at Jiang Chen with a sneer “Do you kno many claim to be from the Ten Divine Nations, kid? You’re far froot the balls to If you’re soet ourselves out of here If you’re an imposter, then I’ll teach you a hell of a lesson today!”
These cultivators spent all their ti their chops in the world They’d learned to speak in whatever way the occasion warranted They were experts in reading the room His words sounded impressive, but one had to read between the lines He appeared to be quite resolute, but in truth, he had left sole room for hi easy victier From the way the ultimatum fell easily out of the man’s mouth, it was clear that this was the Northcrown Five’s usual ed his tune as well In a purposefully neutral tone, he said, “Dear friend, this humble shop has come to be known in Oriole Valley It was established hundreds of years ago If you truly are from the Ten Divine Nations, we are honored by your presence We’ll willingly give you not one, but dozens or even hundreds of Bluesh places Who ht you be?”
This was another probe to co Chen to reveal his true identity
All of the custo to watch the dra Chen backed away to keep a safe distance from him No one was stupid They could be harht broke out
As a result, Jiang Chen and Hua Ming were left in the center of the shop They stuck out like a sore thu boy after all, spending his days wandering around Oriole Valley Half his ti, and the other half wasted on nothing of i No one cared enough to spare hilance
However, he was currently the center of everyone’s attention Despite the fear filling his heart, he ainst the pressure
I’hts? I’ve never been the center of so many people’s attention before! I don’t care who thisby his side! My life isn’t worth lory for once inhad made up his mind resolutely
All his life, he’d been on the receiving end of scorn and disdain He was a nobody that no one respected He’d never even been treated like a huht was on hier looked at hi different in their eyes
It ’s blood boil to be seen and valued Even if he died at this htly for once!
Jiang Chen threw the shopkeeper a look As for the Northcrown Five, he didn't spare theed at his lips
“If I say that I’ to be carried out of this shop as a dead e to the shopkeeper’s polite words “Is this how you run your business? If the other customers were in my place, would you decapitate theh already, kid,” the hook-nosed cultivator scoffed “If you can’t prove that you’re from the Ten Divine Nations, you have no one else to bla Chen huffed out a laugh and shrugged “Is that a threat?”
TheChen “You can take it as one”
“So I’ to do? Shohat you’ve got” Jiang Chen didn’t take the threat seriously at all He knew that the more timid he was, the bolder the man would becoht to break out in his shop And judging fro man’s unusual calm in the face of threats, he couldn’t tell if the calmness was merely a pretense, or if it was backed up by real power
If there was a fight, and the young ood as doomed